Archives for November2010

Rugby league had the most doping violations of any sport during the last financial year, a new report has revealed.

The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA), which prepares and presents potential doping cases for consideration by the anti-doping rule violation panel and independent sporting tribunals, released its 2009/10 annual report on Wednesday.… Continue Reading...

Every time you turn around, there seems to be a TV or Radio advertisement for anti-aging clinics playing. Â One of their doctors’ favorite drugs to prescribe to older men is anabolic steroids. Â Are these clinics becoming a new source for these illegal drugs?

Steroids are used in all sports – ALL sports. Â Those that argue that somehow steroid use will not give their athletes an edge and are therefore not used in a sport like basketball are either naive or they are uneducated about the powerful affects of these drugs.

Don

I firmly believe that anabolic steroid abuse exists in the NBA and has for years.

Believe it or not, we receive a lot of hate mail. Â Most of it is from hard core steroid users who believe we are making up the facts about the dangers of steroids. And that in Taylor’s case in particular, that we are some sort of paranoid family that are delusional about the relationship between steroids and Taylor’s death.… Continue Reading...

Army Lt. Col. Burton Shields, with village leaders in Afghanistan earlier this year, learned about illegal steroid use among his troops just weeks before his Joint Base Lewis-McChord battalion was to deploy to the war zone in 2009.

Even the Pope is weighing in on the subject of using drugs to gain an edge in competition.

Some have argued that “it’s not really cheating” to use steroids and other substances to gain an edge in competition. Â They say it’s just like using a state of the art pair of athletic shoes or dress.… Continue Reading...

Citing a source close to a federal investigation of Guillen, theNewsÂ reported that Drug Enforcement Administration agents, who were monitoring moves by the suspected supplier, intercepted the package when it was sent to the attention of Yamel Guillen, the outfielder’s wife.… Continue Reading...

MORE Australian soldiers have been sent home in disgrace from Afghanistan after being caught using drugs.

The Defence Department admitted last night that three soldiers had tested positive for anabolic steroids and had either been sacked or were in the process of being sacked, bringing the numbers of Diggers caught abusing the drug in Afghanistan this year to seven.… Continue Reading...